NEW YORK—Arthur Ashe Stadium was built for nights like this. So, it turns out, is Serena Williams. While no one should compare the feeling of cocktail-sipping courtside with neck-craning in the nosebleeds, there is one thing every single patron inside this gargantuan arena experienced identically on Monday night: the noise.

WATCH: Jessica Pegula defeats Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2023 Australian Open second round.

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For a tennis player who’s seen (and won) pretty much everything, playing an ATP event in a new city can be refreshing—especially when they’ve been given such a warm welcome. And that’s exactly how Novak Djokovic feels about playing the Srpska Open in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina this week.

WATCH: Top seed Jessica Pegula was victorious in an all-American second round against Peyton Stearns.

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Novak Djokovic winning the Australian Open this year—beating Rafael Nadal in the final, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3—was historic in many ways. Here’s some of what he achieved with his triumph in Melbourne: He won the 15th Grand Slam title of his career. Djokovic is now third place on the men’s all-time

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Australia's Daria Gavrilova will be playing for her first career title Saturday at the Connecticut Open. The demonstrative 23-year-old upset top-seeded defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-4 in Friday night semifinals. She will face Dominika Cibulkova for the championship of the last WTA

Five thoughts, observations, and comments on Day 1 of the Australian Open: 1. When Novak Djokovic wins, he tends to win big. The world No. 1 won three majors during an absurdly good 2015 season, and began his new campaign with a title in Doha, punctuated with a 6-2, 6-1

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic rose to No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time Monday, while Serena Williams dropped to 175th on the WTA list, her lowest spot since 1997. Djokovic officially moved up from No. 2 one day after beating previously top-ranked Rafael Nadal 6-4,

Don't let the blissful smile fool you: Roger Federer has a sly side, and showed it in the second set of his quarterfinal with David Ferrer today. Driving a one-handed backhand down the line to drag Ferrer behind the baseline in full chase, Federer fluttered a drop shot, jerking the

Serena Williams and Lucie Safarova both had early exists this year, with Williams losing to Sofia Kenin in Round 3 and Safarova dropping her doubles opener, and officially retiring. In happier times, they slugged it out over three sets in the final of the 2015 French Open. After struggling through

This wasn’t exactly what they had in mind when they dreamed up the round-robin format for the WTA Championships. Minutes after Serena Williams finished playing Victoria Azarenka with very little at stake (Williams had already qualified for the knock-out semifinals), Sam Stosur had to go through the motions as a

'Tis the season for gift-buying, gift-wrapping, decorating, and all such holiday amusements. Tonight is my Big Cookie Bake, which is exponentially less ambitious tonight than last year's.

“Nonsense, just nonsense ... garbage ... shocking.” You would have thought, from the snippets of Andy Murray’s furious soliloquy during the change of ends, that the world No. 3 was playing the worst match of his life rather than leading by a set and pushing his opponent hard on serve.

“It's different, definitely. I mean, older guys, they are just ten centimeters taller and 15 kilos also more than before. Before it was about the game. Now I feel it's more about the serve, the return. But that's how it is. I just try my best every time to beat

If Petra Kvitova’s design, in coming from the Olympics and playing Montreal, Cincinnati, and New Haven back-to-back-to-back, was to ensure that she didn’t repeat last year’s embarrassing first-round exit from the U.S. Open, then she can count that as a mission accomplished. The world No. 5 is now in the

Match point between Djokovic and Federer vs. Sock and Anderson:

The final draw of the WTA season has been revealed, world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 2 Iga Swiatek headlining their respective round robin groups at the 2024 WTA Finals. Sabalenka, who returned to No. 1 following victories at the US Open and Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open, leads the

This week freelance tennis writer Ravi Ubha is blogging from Queen's Club in London. Here's his fourth post from the Artois Championships The weather was gloomy upon entering the grounds today. A brisk wind, coupled with ominous clouds and temperatures struggling to hit 66 degrees, were the culprits. The good